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No. 606,923. Patented July 5, I898.

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(Application filed Nov. 10, 1897.)

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WVILLIAM GOESSLING, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 606,923, dated. July 5, 1898.

Application filed November 10, 1897. Serial No. 657,998. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILLIAM GOESSLING, of St.Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signs, Hangers, and Supporters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in signs, supports, and hangers; and it consists in the novel arrangement, construction, and combination of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims. V

The object of my invention. is to construct supports and hangers by which to support signs for advertising or other purposes,adapted to be secured to a tree, a branch thereof, posts, or other articles upon which said invention may be fastened.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a portion of a tree, showing my invention secured thereto in operative form. Fig. 2 is a top view of the support, showing the clamp by which it is held to the tree. Fig. 3 is a side view of the support, with parts in section, showing the sign ready to be placed in position'upon said support. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the clamp detached from the support. Fig. 5 is a front view of the improved sign with parts of the facing removed, showing the frame.

In the drawings, 1 indicates my complete invention, which consists of an arm 2, composed either of a gas-pipe, wooden pole, or any suitable material, having-its end 3 provided with a pin or projection 4 and its end 5 provided with an opening 6, in which are internal screw threads 7. Said end 5 is adapted to be fitted or placed over a pin or projection S, which is secured to and forms a part of a clamp 9, which clamp is adapted to be clamped around the tree or object to which it is desired to display the sign.

The clamp 9 consists of a loop of spring material 10 or other suitable material provided at its end with angular projections 11, in which are holes or bores 12, through which is passed a bolt 13 for the purpose of binding said clamp tightly around the tree or object.

The end 3, having the pin or projection 4, is constructed to carry the sign 14, which is composed of a spiral frame 15, made of wire or other material and in any desirable shape or design, and is provided at its center end 16 with a socket 17, which is adapted to be secured or fitted on the pin or projection 4 of said end 3.

Upon the frame 15 is mounted in any clesirable manner a facing of cloth, canvas, paper, or other material on which is painted or printed the wording of the advertisement to be displayed by said sign.

The signs are painted within doors and then they are taken to where it is desired to place said sign, and by the use of the socket 17 it is easily secured to the support, thus preventing the removal of the supports when necessary to change the sign. By this arrangement I may place said clamps upon a limb of a tree instead of the trunk thereof, and this can be done by simply securing the clamp thereon at any angle desired, and the pole or arm is brought in position by screwing said arm upon the pin or projection after said clamp has been placed upon the limb.

This device is chiefly constructed for display or advertising purposes, although it will be used for numerous other purposes, as desired.

Having fully described 'my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an improved sign, hanger and support, having arms secured to clamps, said clamps adapted to be held secure around the trunk, limb of a tree, or other object, said arms carrying, and supporting a sign, said sign constructed of a spiral of Wire, a facing covering said wire upon which is printed or painted the wordin g,substantially as set forth.

2. In an improved sign, hanger and sup port, composed of an arm, said arm secured to a tree or other object, a sign held and supported by the end of said arm, said sign adapted to be placed or removed at the end of said arm, said sign composed of a spiral of wire or other material, said spiral carrying a facing of cloth, paper, or other material, for the purpose as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM *GOESSLING.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EIOKS, GEO. F. LANE. 

